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The Beast

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  1. 53 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

    This is all accurate, but the flip side of that coin is that we are one injury from being 7-0.  And that injury was an anomaly because we've kept Quinn almost completely clean otherwise.  Hence, the O line is doing better than I think any of us expected.

    The Achilles heel is obviously the secondary.  And there's no fixing it this year.  It's got to be a blitz and pray defense, and I'm not sure why we keep dropping 7 or 8 guys into coverage when none of them can cover.  Especially in that soft zone bullshit.

    But I don't agree that 7 wins is our ceiling.  I'd say that's more like the floor.  An optimisic person could say we're undefeated with Quinn and we can probably go 4-1 down the stretch for 9-3.  Or maybe we split the 4-game gauntlet then win the finale for 8-4, then we go to a decent bowl game and probably win it.

    And if we go from 5 wins to 9 wins while bringing in a top 3 recruiting class, we ought to be feeling pretty damned good about how we're positioned for the next few years.

    On your last paragraph, trust me most won’t be feeling good on this site. They bought into a false narrative hook line and sinker. Good post though.

  2. 37 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

    GP better take over the defensive scheming behind the scenes, starting yesterday.

    When is the last time we played press man coverage? Honestly I don’t think I’ve seen it all year. We sit in soft zone with 3 DL and allow 5-7 yard completions to outside receivers the entire way down the field. Bend don’t break - what a joke. 

    We need to play 4 DL man coverage with a high safety and force teams to beat us at the line of scrimmage. It’s the most basic defense played starting at the middle school level. Every single one of our players is a great athlete and has a chance to win their assignment on any given play. Instead, we play passively and just hope the offense makes mistakes.
     

    PK is not the guy. It’s obvious at this point.

    He hasn’t.

    8 hours ago, Knighthawk said:

    worthy.   He’s a great speed guy but has significant limitations on deep and contested balls.  

    Think about rebounding in basketball.  Some dudes that are 6’3 to 6’5 just have a knack for the ball and can consistently beat power forwards and centers for the ball.  It can’t be taught - they just have it.   It’s the ass and hips and elbows and hands and eyes.

     Worthy will never have it and we need to adjust our expectations accordingly - and look for other roster options to make those plays where someone can fuckin high point a ball.  Worthy ain’t it but can still be a big threat in the offense going forward.  

    Now this is funny.

  3. 9 hours ago, CurlyDumps said:

    Speaking of our WR room, what would Brennan Marion say he does here? Our WR's have been practically invisible. First WR touchdown of the year was Saturday. The only thing they've done routinely is drop passes that hit them in the chest and come up short in big moments.

    Go go offense, guy's a genius, blah blah blah. Where are the results?

    You know that is card throwing to them, right?

    • Hook 'Em 1
  4. 15 hours ago, BB65 said:

    I made a comment to friends watching the game with me that Texas is always 1/2 step away from making the play. This goes for both Off and Def. This stat seems to confirm my statement at least for Def.

    Been exactly like that for 12 years, maddening.

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